Social Worker Grade 3

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• 2 Fixed-Term Full-Time Opportunities (40hours inclusive ADO) one ends 07/02/2025 and the other 30/06/2025

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide.  We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the department:

The Social Work Department provides services on all three campuses of Austin Health across all Clinical Service Units (CSU). The department provides care across the continuum from the Emergency Department through bed-based services and ongoing ambulatory care.

We are committed to providing a comprehensive, skilful, and innovative service for our patients. In realising this goal, the Social Work Department will lead in and excel in research, teaching and the use of person-centred evidence-based practice.

About the role: 

As a Grade 3 Social Worker you will be responsible for providing operational leadership and clinical support as well as direct clinical social work services to patients across one or more of our Austin Health sites. A regular day will see you work clinically with patients, attend family meetings and non-clinical meetings, and undertake other duties that support the social work department and its operations, include actively contribute to quality activities. 

Key responsibilities will see you:

• Provide leadership and support the operations in the Social Work Department
• Apply your Social Work knowledge and skills to assess, treat, support and plan the discharge of patients
• Provide counselling to patients and families
• Supervise grade 1 Social Workers
• Supervise Social Work students 
• Participate in quality improvement, service improvement and/or research

About you:

You must have:

• a degree in Social Work and be eligible for the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• worked in a hospital or health related setting
• the ability to work and contribute to team culture and work within a multidisciplinary environment 

Our benefits:

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation ($11,660 in salary packaging benefits). 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking.
• Five weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchase leave options.

Work with us! 

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People.

We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager, Andrea Mitchell (Grade 4 Senior Social Worker) on (03) 9496 5560.

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: 24 November 2024